Vida L. Tyc, PhD
Member, St. Jude Faculty
Departments
Psychology
Contact Information
Vida Tyc, PhD
Psychology
MS 740, Room S4047
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
Email: vida.tyc@stjude.org
Phone: (901) 595-3580
FAX: (901) 595-4701
Education
PhD
Research Interests
- Assessment of health behaviors in pediatric cancer patients
- Development of health-promotion interventions for long-term survivors of cancer
- Pain and symptom management in pediatric patients with chronic illness
Selected Publications
Kahalley LS, Conklin HM, Tyc VL, Hudson MM, Wilson SJ, Wu S, Xiong X, Hinds PS. Slower processing speed after treatment for pediatric brain tumor and acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Psycho-Oncology 2013 (in press).
Tyc VL, Puleo E, Emmons K, de Moor J, Ford J. Smoking restrictions among households of childhood and young adult cancer survivors: Implications for tobacco control efforts. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology 2013 (in press).
Tyc VL, Lensing S, Vukadinovich CM, Hovell MF. Smoking restrictions in the homes of children with cancer. Am J Health Behav 2013 (in press).
Tyc VL, Huang Q, Nicholson J, Schultz B, Hovell MF, Lensing S, Vukadinovich C, Hudson MM, Zhang H. Intervention to reduce secondhand smoke exposure among children with cancer: a controlled trial. Psycho-Oncology 2013 (in press).
Nicholson J, Tyc VL, Lensing S. Parental psychosocial predictors of secondhand smoke exposure (SHSe) for children with cancer. Journal of Child Health Care 2013 (in press).
Kahalley LS, Wilson SJ, Tyc VL, Conklin HM, Hudson MM, Wu S, Xiong X, Stancel HH, Hinds PS. Are the psychological needs of adolescent survivors of pediatric cancer adequately identified and treated? Psycho-Oncology 2013 (in press).
Kahalley LS, Robinson LA, Tyc VL, Hudson MM, Leisenring W, Stratton K, Mertens AC, Zeltzer L, Robison LL, Hinds PS. Risk factors for smoking among adolescent survivors of childhood cancer: A report from the Childhood Cancer Survivors Study. Pediatric Blood & Cancer 58:428-434, 2012.
deMoor JS, Puleo E, Ford JS, Greenberg M, Hodgson D, Tyc VL, Ostroff J, Diller LR, Levy G, Harrild KS, Emmons K. Disseminating a smoking cessation intervention to childhood and young adult cancer survivors: baseline characteristics and study design of the Partnership for Health-2 Study. BMC Cancer 11:165-173, 2011.
Kahalley LS, Conklin HM, Tyc VL, Wilson SJ, Hinds PS, Wu S, Xiong X, Hudson MM. ADHD and secondary ADHD criteria fail to identify many at-risk survivors of pediatric ALL and brain tumor. Pediatric Blood & Cancer 57(1):110-118, 2011.
Kahalley LS, Robinson LA, Tyc VL, Hudson MM, Leisenring W, Stratton K, Zeltzer L, Mertens AC, Robison LL, Hinds PS. Attentional and executive dysfunction as predictors of smoking within the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study Cohort. Nicotine Tob Res 12:344-354, 2010.
Klosky JL, Tyc VL, Hum A, Lensing S, Buscemi J, Garces-Webb DM, Hudson MM. Establishing the predictive validity of intentions to smoke among preadolescents and adolescents surviving cancer. J Clin Oncol 28:431-436, 2010.
Tyc VL, Lensing S, Vukadinovich CM, Hovell MF. Can parents of children with cancer accurately report their child’s passive smoking exposure? Nicotine Tob Res 11:1289-1295, 2009.
Tyc VL, Klosky JL, Lensing S, Throckmorton-Belzer L, Rai SN. A comparison of tobacco-related risk factors between preadolescents with and without cancer. Journal of Cancer Survivorship 3:251-259, 2009.
Throckmorton-Belzer L, Tyc VL, Robinson L, Klosky JL, Lensing S, Booth A. Anti-smoking communication to preadolescents with and without a cancer diagnosis: parents and healthcare providers as important communicators. Children’s Health Care 38:283-300, 2009.
Klosky JL, Tyc VL, Lawford J, Ashford J, Buscemi J. Predictors of non-participation in a randomized intervention trial to reduce environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure in pediatric cancer patients. Pediatr Blood Cancer 52:644-649, 2009.
Tyc VL. Introduction to the special issue: tobacco control strategies for medically at-risk youth. J Pediatr Psychol 33(2):113-8, 2008.
Tyc VL, Hovell MF, Winickoff J. Reducing secondhand smoke exposure among children and adolescents: emerging issues for intervening with medically at-risk youth. J Pediatr Psychol 33(2):145-55, 2008.
Klosky JL, Tyc VL, Garces-Webb DM, Buscemi J, Klesges RC, Hudson MM. Emerging issues in smoking among adolescent and adult cancer survivors: a comprehensive review. Cancer 110(11):2408-19, 2007.
Tyc VL. Strategies for tobacco control among youngsters with cancer. J Pediatr Psychol 32(9):1067-78, 2007.
Klosky J, Tyc VL, Tong X, Srivastava DK, Kronenberg M, DeArmendi AJ, Merchant TE. Predicting pediatric distress during radiation therapy procedures: the role of medical, psychosocial, and demographic factors. Pediatrics 119; 893-899, 2007.
Crom DB, Tyc VL, Rai SN, Deng X, Hudson MM, Booth A, Nicholson L, McCammon E, Kaste SC. Retention of survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a longitudinal study of bone mineral density. Journal of Child Health Care 10(4):337-350, 2006.
Tyc VL, Throckmorton-Belzer L. Smoking rates and the state of smoking interventions for children and adolescents with chronic illness. Pediatrics 118:e471-487, 2006.
Tercyak KP, Tyc VL. Behavioral research in pediatric cancer prevention and control: Opportunities and challenges in the interest of public health—Part I: Diet and nutrition, weight, and physical activity. J Pediatr Psychol 31:750-763, 2006.
Tyc VL, Lensing S, Rai SN, Klosky J, Stewart D, Gattuso J. Predicting perceived vulnerability to tobacco-related health risks and future intentions to use tobacco among pediatric cancer survivors. Patient and Education Counseling 62:198-204, 2006.
Mulhern RK, Palmer SL, Merchant TE, Wallace-Jones D, Kocak M, Brouwers P, Chintagumpala M, Ashley DM, Tyc VL, Gajjar A. Neurocognitive consequences of risk-adapted therapy for childhood medulloblastoma. J Clin Oncol 23(24):5511-5519, 2005.
Crom DB, Hinds PS, Gattuso J, Tyc VL, Hudson MM. Creating the basis for a breast health program for female survivors of Hodgkin disease using a participatory research approach. Oncol Nurs Forum 32(6)1131-1141, 2005.
Tyc VL, Lensing S, Klosky JL, Rai SN. A comparison of tobacco-related risk factors between adolescents treated for cancer and their healthy peers. J Pediatr Psychol 30:359-370, 2005.
Last update: February 2013